Which 2007 reunion did YOU feel was the most significant, Van Halen or Led Zeppelin?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

[LostInAnomie]

1. Rage Against the Machine

Those other two suck. :evilgrin:

[flvegan]

2. Yes!

[Initech]

4. Exactly who I was going to say!

I went to their Coachella reunion show... it was fucking incredible!

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. .

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/train-wreck/synth-glitch-creates-onstage-disaster-for-van-halen-313005.php?autoplay=true

[Amerigo Vespucci]

5. "I get up, and nothing gets me down..."

...not even the insane caterwauling of a flubbed synth track. Whatta mess. As Triumph The Insult Comic Dog once said, "I haven't heard a noise like that since the time I caught my balls in the lawn sprinkler."

:rofl:

[Alexander]

14. One of the dangers of playing pre-recorded music live.

Back in the 80s Eddie would just play synth and no guitar.

Without a keyboardist in the band, this is the kind of thing that can happen.

Maybe for the next tour they'll have a synth player backstage, as bands often do.

Still, even though the synth is off, they at least tried to cope, and the audience seems to still love it.

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. Argh.. "backstage"..

[Alexander]

20. Better than having a recorded track play at the wrong speed.

Virtually every band has done it at one point or another.

I don't see the problem. It's not like the player backstage doesn't get paid, and they can always tell the band to screw off if they feel insulted.

[Fire Walk With Me]

24. When I see a show, I want to see everyone who is making the music.

Having a keyboardist offstage is the equivalent of Rove prompting Bush during a speech via radio headset.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Van Halen's was good, but irrelevant. The Police's was great. But Zep's was of Biblical significance

If Zep hadn't reunioned, the Police would have taken the top spot easily.

But Zep far outreaches anyone else, by hundreds of orders of magnitude. The only other reunion that would ever match it would be Pink Floyd.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

19. "$212 million and is still climbing"

The Police Score Top-Grossing Tour Of '07

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003685265



The Police
December 13, 2007, 6:00 PM ET
Ray Waddell, Nashville

The Police reunion trek led all tours in 2007 with a gross that has passed $212 million and is still climbing. The global tour few thought would ever happen moved more than 1.8 million tickets, according to Billboard Boxscore, prior to the Boxscore cutoff date of Nov. 13.

The Police tour was produced by TNA International and RZO Productions, and played stadiums, arenas and festivals.

[LynneSin]

21. That will look like chump change IF Led Zeppelin tours

Seriously

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. They will.

They may drag out the decision-making process, but that's one tour that's gonna happen. Let's hope they do it while they still have the chops wo pull it off.

[LynneSin]

25. The hold-up is Robert Plant

I mean the guy knows his voice is pretty limited after years of torture with that high-pitched wailing he would do. If you look at Plant's solo career, it's a far cry from the stuff he did with Zeppelin. He really toned his voice down with each solo album he released.

So he knows an LZ tour means all the LZ/Plant haters are going to come out whining about how he's 'washed-up' and ragging on his voice. I think he'd rather just stick with his solo career where he can actually just sing.

He made a commitment to Allison Krauss to tour and I know they have dates setup in England during May 2008. So I'm not sure if the concert will go through.

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. And that one *&%^$& good concert, I'll tell you that!

[enigmatic]

7. Not even close: Slint

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/03/slints_spiderla.html

http://www.slint.us/

[Kucinich4America]

8. Van Fucking Halen!!

Zeppelin was one show. If they DO tour in 2008, then that will definitely be THE story. Unless Pink Floyd tours, then they will be one of TWO stories.

Besides, Zeppelin has played together before. Live Aid. The Atlantic Records party in 1988. Page & Plant never really stopped working together.

For Van Halen, it was a 23 year wait, with nothing in between except 10 minutes worth of music in 1996, and a non musical appearance at the MTV awards that same year. This tour was the real deal! :headbang:

[Crabby Appleton]

9. Well, here's what it woulda sounded like if the Beatles

had done "Stairway to Heaven"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WfoccRna6I

[momophile]

10. omg. that's awesome!

now I'm going to try to imagine the Beatles doing it in the late 60s when they were trippin'...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. I just joined the other 1277 people who added that one to their YouTube favorites

It's not the fact that they had the idea...it's the fact that they sustained it without a single wrong move over the course of two and a half minutes. Excellent from beginning to end.

:toast:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. FABulous!! Thanks for this gem!!

cool.

[Iggo]

12. Too soon to tell.

The Zeppelin show was just a one-off. If they do a tour, even if it's just a dozen or so dates, then Zeppelin for sure. Otherwise, Van Halen's reunion is the more significant of the two.

[Alexander]

13. As of right now Van Halen is touring, and Led Zeppelin isn't. VH gets my vote.

When I can see Zeppelin at a Phoenix venue, I'll consider their "reunion" more significant.

As of now, though, Zep has only done a one-off concert, which they did in the 80s and 90s as well.

Besides, Van Halen is touring minus their weakest member (Michael Anthony). Zep's concert was minus their strongest member (John Bonham).

I don't consider what Led Zeppelin did to be a reunion. At least, not until they start touring.

[no name no slogan]

15. I could've lived without both of them

Nostalgia never plays as good as the real thing

[MrSlayer]

18. Not even a question. Led Zeppelin.

The greatest band ever.

[SteppingRazor]

26. Bah. Neither of them are reunions. VH is missing a bassist, LZ is missing a drummer. n/t

[dembotoz]

27. led zep obviously...van halen? not even close